Paralegal

International Justice Mission (IJM) is the global leader in protecting vulnerable people from violence around the world. Our team of over 1200 professionals are at work worldwide in over 30 offices. Together we are on a mission to rescue millions protect half a billion and make justice unstoppable. We are a global community that cares for one another. We believe that the way we work is as important as the results we achieve. We provide professional excellence with joy and celebration to all those we serve.

For over 25 years IJM has pioneered the work to protect vulnerable people from violence. Nine out of nine times in the last decade IJMs Justice System Strengthening Projects have reduced slavery and violence between 50 and 85% for very large populations of people living in poverty. As we grow to expand our impact to protect 500 million people from violence we are seeking a Paralegal to support legal operations contract review regulatory coordination and knowledge management across IJMs Global Legal Affairs team and North America Region.

This position is based in the Washington DC area and is hybrid (onsite Tuesdays & Thursdays). It reports to the Vice President Legal Affairs and is only available for candidates with the right to work in the US.

• Manage contract intake and conduct initial reviews to identify legal issues ensure completeness and support attorney review;

• Coordinate contract workflows with internal clients vendors and outside counsel;

• Track prioritize and route legal requests in alignment with Legal Affairs leadership;

• Improve and maintain legal processes tools and workflows including templates internal reference guides and process documentation;

• Capture organize and maintain institutional legal knowledge for ease of use across the organization;

• Coordinate timelines deliverables and communications for legal projects while providing targeted administrative support;

• Conduct focused legal and operational research and analyze contracts policies regulations and facts to surface key risks and options;

• Draft and edit legal documents and correspondence under attorney direction and maintain records within established legal systems;

• Create practical tools templates and training materials and support internal trainings office hours and communications;

• Build effective working relationships with internal stakeholders and external counsel and support development and implementation of legal policies and standards;

• Support required regulatory governance and organizational filings and coordinate filing activities with stakeholders and outside counsel; and

• Participation in IJMs community of spiritual formation.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to explain legal concepts clearly to nonlegal audiences;

• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities exercise sound judgment and work independently in a matrixed missiondriven organization;

• Minimum of three years of relevant professional experience in a legal business or nonprofit setting with working knowledge of contracts compliance or internal legal operations.

• Eager commitment to IJMs Core Values: Christian Professional and BridgeBuilding;

• Serviceoriented and humancentered with a strong sense of responsibility for enabling others to work effectively and compliantly;

• Collaborative and relational able to build trust and work productively across functions cultures and disciplines;

• Proactive and solutionsoriented with initiative to identify needs surface issues and propose practical improvements;

• Thoughtful dependable and discreet in handling sensitive matters and exercising good judgment;

• Strong interpersonal skills and selfawareness;

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; and

• Effective team player who fosters a collaborative environment.

Upload Resume Cover Letter & Statement of Faith* in one PDF document.

What is a statement of faith A statement of faith should describe your Christian faith and how you see it as relevant to your involvement with IJM. The statement can either be incorporated into the cover letter or submitted as a separate document and should include at a minimum a description of your spiritual disciplines (prayer study etc.) and your current fellowship or place of worship.

• Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision benefits

• Retirement benefit options

• Paid leave starting at 23 days

• 12 holidays (plus early release the day prior)

• Daily quarterly and annual community spiritual formation

• Robust staff care resources

IJM holds strict safeguarding principles and a zero tolerance to violations of the Safeguarding Policy Protection against Sexual Exploitation Abuse and Harassment Policy and Code of Ethics. Candidate selection is based on technical competence recruitment selection and hiring criteria subject to assessing the candidates value congruence and thorough background police clearance and reference check processes.

At IJM were committed to building a diverse workforce through fair and equitable employment practices. IJM encourages people of any race color age sex marital status or political ideology to apply for employment. While we welcome everyone into this work we truly believe that the work we are doing is Gods work not our own and practice spiritual disciplines together daily. Thats why we legally require under SEC. 2000e1 Section702 of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that all employees practice a mature orthodox Christian faith as defined by the Apostles Creed.

IJM requires a background check police clearance and thorough review of references with an employment offer and/or employment contract.

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